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The most general Lorentz-invariant decay-density-matrix for $t\to W^{+}b\to (l^{+}\nu)b$, or for $t\to W^{+}b\to (j_{\bar d}j_u)b$, is expressed in terms of eight helicity parameters. The parameters are physically defined in terms of…
Due to the absence of hadronization effects and the large top mass, top quark decay will be uniquely sensitive to fundamental electroweak physics at the Tevatron, at the LHC, and at a future linear collider. A complete measurement of the…
We generalise the Jacob-Wick helicity formalism, which applies to sequential decays, to effective field theories of rare decays of the type $B \to K_{J_K}(\to K \pi) \bar{\ell}_1 \ell_2$. This is achieved by reinterpreting local interaction…
The standard model(SM) predicts only a $g_{V-A}$ coupling in $t \to W^+ b$ decay. However, if additional Lorentz structures exist, they can manifest themselves in high energy processes such as this via non-SM values of the helicity…
Determining the spin of any new particle and measuring its couplings to other particles and/or itself are crucial in reconstructing the structure of any quantum field theory containing the particle. A general helicity formalism is employed…
This talk concerns some theoretical patterns of the helicity amplitudes for t --> W b decay. The patterns involve both the standard model's four decay helicity amplitudes, A_{SM}, and also the amplitudes A_{+} in the case of an additional…
The complete density matrix for all polarization configurations in the process B--> t tbar, where B is an off--shell Z or photon and t is the top quark, is calculated numerically including oneloop QCD corrections, i.e. virtual and real…
An introduction to spin techniques in particle physics is given. Among the topics covered are: helicity formalism and its applications to the decay and scattering of spin-1/2 and spin-1 particles, techniques for evaluating helicity…
An helicity formalism for perturbative calculations is presented. It is based on the formal insertion in spinor lines of a complete set of states built up with unphysical spinors. It is particularly convenient when massive spinors are…
The power of the helicity formalism has been appreciated recently from its application to the massless case, where plenty of formal aspects of multi-legs amplitudes have been derived. However, in order to extend the formalism to the…
We use a recent formalism of the weak hadronic reactions $\tau^- \to \nu_{\tau} M_1 M_2$ to study the helicity amplitudes in $\tau^- \to \nu_{\tau} V P$ decay. This recent formalism maps the transition matrix elements at the quark level…
We calculate the density matrix for the decay of a polarised top quark into a polarised W boson and a massive b quark, for the most general Wtb vertex arising from dimension-six gauge-invariant effective operators. We show that, in addition…
For the " t --> W b " decay mode, an intensity-ratio equivalence-theorem for two Lorentz-invariant couplings is shown to be related to symmetries of tWb-transformations. Explicit tWb-transformations, A_{+}=M A_{SM}, P A_{SM}, B A_{SM}…
We use a recent formalism of the weak hadronic reactions that maps the transition matrix elements at the quark level into hadronic matrix elements, evaluated with an elaborate angular momentum algebra that allows finally to write the weak…
For the observed t --> W b decay, an intensity-ratio equivalence-theorem for two Lorentz-invariant couplings is shown to be related to symmetries of tWb-transformations. Three explicit tWb-transformations, A_{+}=M A_{SM}, ... relate the…
In the standard model, for the t --> W b decay mode, the relative phase is 0-degrees between the dominant A(0,-1/2) and A(-1, -1/2) helicity amplitudes. However, in the case of an additional large t_R --> b_L chiral weak-transition moment,…
We investigate the production of spin-3/2 hyperon pairs, $\Omega^- \bar{\Omega}^+$, in electron-positron annihilation within the helicity amplitude formalism. A refined selection of helicity basis matrices is proposed to relate polarization…
This continuation of the derivation of general beam-referenced stage-two spin-correlation functions is for the analysis of top-antitop pair-production at the Tevatron and at the Large Hadron Collider. Both the gluon-production and the…
We present the general expression of helicity amplitudes for generic multi-body particle decays characterised by multiple decay chains. This is achieved by addressing for the first time the issue of the matching of final particle spin…
In this article, the importance is demonstrated of a proper choice of reference particles for decay angle definitions, when constructing partial-wave amplitude of multi-body decays using helicity formalism. This issue is often ignored in…